Chapter 11: Leaving the Children Behind
Yuan Yao wanted to cry, because he was too much to pretend that day, and it was a good thing to be considerate of the people's feelings, but he did accept Chen Zhi's heart yesterday, and now Chen Zhi, this kid, is basically the firm Yuan Yao's dog leg No. 3, and there are Yang Hong and Huang Yi in front of him.
But being too considerate of the people's feelings has become what Yuan Yao is like now, yesterday a sentence of the people's suffering, how many tears have been earned, outside the city, more than 10,000 people knelt down in front of Yuan Yao, "Pray for Your Majesty's mercy, leave us behind, we will definitely go to the soup for Your Majesty." ”
"The people's hearts are available." Yuan Yao cried, it is a good thing for the people to return to their hearts, as the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, but the key problem is not in the hearts of the people, but in the food, these more than 10,000 mouths, one person eats one pound a day, Yuan Yao has to consume nearly 100 stones of grain and grass, there are only 1,000 stones of grain and grass in his city, which is enough to eat for ten days, and after ten days, everyone will drink the northwest wind together.
But if you really let Yuan Yao drive out these more than 10,000 people who are not possessed by him, Yuan Yao will really not be ruthless.
"Please have mercy on Your Majesty," 10,000 people knelt down in front of Yuan Yao and prayed to Yuan Yao.
"Folks, my lord really doesn't have much food," Chen Zhi seemed to know Yuan Yao's difficulties, and personally shouted to the people he brought over there.
"After eating this last meal, your stomach is still full, let's go" Chen Zhi waved his hand, his head lowered, tears hidden in his eyes, not wanting to be discovered. 、
"Brother Er, do you want to stay here?" a citizen over there asked Chen Dao.
"Well, I promised the master of the house to be his domestic servant." Chen Zhi exchanged himself for those grains and grasses, although he was not killed by Yuan Yao, but it was equivalent to selling himself to Yuan Yao.
"To my brother, if you stay, then we, then we"
"Brother Chen Zhi, don't you want us anymore" Youxiao looked at Chen Zhi with a pair of childish eyes.
"Folks." Chen Zhi couldn't help crying, he couldn't bear these villagers, but he knew that the lord didn't have much food and grass here, and if he forced them to stay, everyone could only die together.
Chen Zhi really hated himself for being incompetent, that damn Liu Pi, if he hadn't robbed the villagers of the grain and grass, they wouldn't have reached this point.
"To brother, we won't embarrass you, we also know that you have helped us enough" An old man walked out, although Chen Zhi took everyone to find food, but this old man is still respected in the team of 10,000 people, because the old man has suffered a lot, and the experience is naturally there, and there is an old man in the family, which is also a representative of the people.
"Old uncle" Chen Zhi watched the old man fall to his knees.
"To brother, don't cry, our Chen family has been lonely for so many years, it's time to produce a hero, to brother, live, live instead of the villagers, if you are free one day, just burn some paper money for the villagers" The old man stroked Chen Zhi's head and said.
"Your Majesty" The old man patted Chen Zhi and comforted Chen Zhi, "Your Majesty, the little old man wants to ask you for one thing."
Yuan Yao didn't dare to interject, because he was afraid that he would soften his heart and leave them behind. Now that the old man has spoken, Yuan Yao can't help but agree.
"Your Majesty, our group of old, weak, sick and disabled have also lived long enough, and they should die, but those dolls, they are still young, they haven't lived enough, Your Majesty can let them stay, let's go" The old man discussed with Yuan Yao.
"En" Yuan Yao looked at the people brought by Chen Zhi over there.
The eyes of these ordinary people are full of hope, the children are young and may not understand anything, but those parents and elders are looking at their children with a smile, they are going to give their children the hope of life to their descendants.
"Yes, Your Majesty, let's go, just ask Your Majesty to give the dolls a way to live" Everyone fell to their knees in unison.
"Your Majesty, we really don't have any more food, plus this last meal" Huang Yi over there dissuaded Yuan Yao, because Yuan Yao wanted to give them porridge, and the food had already gone to Baishi, and there was no benefit for these children to stay except for one more mouth. This last meal will consume 100 stones of grain and grass, Yuan Yao doesn't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are.
He Huang Yi didn't care before, but since he became this grain and grass official, he knew the discomfort of this white grain slipping out of his hands.
"Your Majesty, we won't eat this last meal, let's leave it to the dolls," the old man said with an indifferent smile.
Yuan Yao's brows furrowed, if they ate this last meal, they could still have a full stomach and continue to go into exile, but if they didn't eat this last meal, they wouldn't be able to run far.
"Where are you going, old man?" Yuan Yao asked the old man.
"It's time for us to go back and see." The old man seemed to have seen through life and death, and no longer struggled, he wanted to go back to see, even if he couldn't go home, even if he fell on the road, he still had to face his hometown.
"Your Majesty" Huang Yi was in a hurry, he was afraid that this Brother Yao would be soft-hearted for a while. There are really a lot of these dolls, many of them are orphans, and they were taken in by Chen Zhi on the way into Chen Zhi's army.
As the saying goes, half the size eats the old man, and the amount of food that these little guys eat is not much less than that of adults, and even when they are still growing their bodies, they eat more.
"Shut up," Yuan Yao said, stopping his precious brother-in-law.
"Yang Situ" Huang Yi looked at Yang Hong on the side, hoping that Yang Hong would work with him to dissuade Yuan Yao, but Yang Hong only smiled bitterly twice and sighed and stopped talking.
"Old man, I promise you, I will keep these dolls." Yuan Yao said to the old man.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, the little old man kowtowed to you" The old man over there was about to kneel down in front of Yuan Yao again, but Yuan Yao supported the old man.
"Old man, don't thank me first, I can only keep those children, and I really can't do anything about the others" Yuan Yao couldn't accept all the people, even if he had the heart, he didn't have the ability.
"Enough, enough, Your Majesty is merciful," the old man thanked Yuan Yao.
"Folks, let's hold on to this day and let us go." The old uncle said to the others over there.
Yuan Yao saw that many people took out some things from their arms and put them in the hands of their children, this is not an heirloom, but the grain and grass distributed yesterday, they are not willing to eat it all, people living in troubled times are afraid, they have to make plans for the future, no matter how hungry they are, if they are hungry, they may be able to live, and now they have taken out all the food they saved, Put it in the hands of your own doll.
Yuan Yao turned his back and didn't dare to take another look, he was afraid that he would see too much and he would not be able to help but leave them.
"Let's go back, let's go back," the adults who had left the hope of life to the children waved at the children over there.
"Mother, I want to be with you, I won't stay, I won't stay"
"Obedient, obedient, three babies, stay here with Your Majesty, my mother will go to find your father, and when I find your father, my mother will come to pick you up."
The sun shone on Yuan Yao's body, but Yuan Yao didn't feel the slightest warmth, but felt very cold, and it was not the hearts of the people that were cold, but the world.
"Let's go back, Chen, I will teach you these children if you leave them, and I will see a roster in the evening, divided by age and gender. Can you write?" asked Yuan Yao about Chen over there.
"A little. It's not complete," Chen Zhi said to Yuan Yao.
Yuan Yao nodded, he also knew that it was difficult for Chen to arrive, in this era, those who can study are from wealthy families, and it is a problem for children from poor families to eat, how can they go to study "Yang Situ, you stay and help Chen Dao, and hand it over to me at night"
"Yes, Your Majesty" Yang Hong nodded and stayed, ready to help Chen Zhi finish counting the number of those children.
Left behind the children, the group of refugees is also huge, thousands of people, they stop and go, they are all looking in the direction of the city over there, they leave the hope of life to their children just want them to live, to live in this troubled world of cannibalism.
"Don't worry, when will my brother miss someone" The old uncle said to everyone, although Chen Zhi is young, but his vision is good, if His Majesty is not a good person, Brother Dao will not follow him.
"I hope they can live well," the people over there looked at Jiang Ting deeply, "Let's go."
"Old uncle, old uncle" shouted from behind them just as everyone was about to leave.
"It's to my brother, it's to my brother" Someone saw that the person who was running fast was not Chen Zhi, who was it.
"To brother, to brother, the old uncle is here," someone shouted at Chen Zhi.
"Uncle, I finally caught up with you, you go slowly." Chen Zhi shouted to the old uncle and the others over there.
"Brother, do you want to go with us?" asked someone over there, a little hopefully.
Chen Zhi shook his head, his life could be said to be no longer his own, so he must stay in the Jiang Pavilion.
Everyone's eyes dimmed for a moment.
"When my brother stays there, the dolls won't be bullied," said the old uncle comforting the crowd on the side.
Thinking about it like this, everyone felt a little more comfortable.
"Uncle, I didn't catch up with you to go with you, but to bring you something." Chen Zhi said to the old uncle.
"Something" the old uncle was stunned for a moment.
"You wait," Chen Zhi ran as fast as he could, so things fell behind, and after a while, a horse came with a cart of things.
"Well," everyone was stunned for a moment.
"Brother is this," the old uncle asked Chen Dao.
"Old uncle, the things on this carriage were sent by His Majesty, he said that these are his intentions, although they are not much, but they can also make you go further, old uncle." Chen Zhi said, pointing to something on top of the carriage.
"That's, that's," the old uncle's eyes widened, the bag on the carriage had been opened, it was grain for nothing.
"Enough, enough" the old uncle choked up, "Your Majesty's great kindness, the little old man will not be rewarded in this life." "Grain, that cart of food is not much, there are hundreds of catties, at this time His Majesty not only adopted their dolls, but also was able to take out food to give them these people who have no relatives and no reason, which can be said to be a great kindness.
"To my brother, you must do a good job under His Majesty, don't fall into the prestige of our Chen family, if you don't do your best, I won't spare you under Jiuquan" The old uncle said to Chen Zhi.
"Hey, I know the old uncle," Chen Zhi nodded at the old uncle.
"Uncle, you need to send someone to pull this car away, and I have to bring this horse back." Chen Zhi said to the old uncle.
"Go, go" The old uncle sent Chen Zhi back without leaving a moment.
"Uncle, take care" Chen Zhi also turned his head, he didn't know how to ride a horse, and directly pulled this batch of horses and the soldier who escorted him away